AP Illinois boys basketball rankings

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With first place votes, record and in parentheses

Class 4A1. Stevenson (10) (16-2, 110 points)

2. Simeon (16-2, 96 points)

3. St. Rita (14-2, 81 points)

4. Lake Forest (17-1, 67 points)

5. Rockford Auburn (14-1, 60 points)

6. Normal Community (17-1, 48 points)

7. Rock Island (14-2, 39 points)

8. East St. Louis (12-5, 25 points)

9. Riverside Brookfield (16-1, 17 points)

10. St. Charles East (15-2, 16 points)

(tie) Hinsdale Central (15-2, 16 points)

Others receiving votes:St. Viator 9, Kenwood 4, Maine South 3, Thornton 3, Alton 3, St. Charles North 3, Geneva 2, Neuqua Valley 2, O’Fallon 1

Class 3A

1. St. Joseph (13) (14-3, 143 points)

2. Morgan Park (2) (12-5, 135 points)

3. Bogan (14-5, 99 points)

4. Rockford Lutheran (14-1, 90 points)

5. Belleville Althoff Catholic (14-2, 74 points)

6. Carbondale (15-3, 70 points)

7. Champaign Centennial (15-4, 62 points)

8. Peoria Manual (13-3, 35 points)

9. Centralia (14-3, 34 points)

10. Lincoln (15-3, 28 points)

Others receiving votes:Galesburg 12, Orr 9, Rich South 9, Hillcrest 7, Washington 6, DePaul Prep 5, Dixon 4, Peoria 2, Mount Vernon 1

Class 2A

1. Hales Franciscan (9) (16-2, 138 points)

2. Teutopolis (5) (17-2, 133 points)

3. Nashville (1) (17-2, 112 points)

4. Rockridge (15-2, 106 points)

5. Warrensburg-Latham (16-0, 91 points)

6. Bureau Valley (19-0, 79 points)

7. Breese Central (15-3, 42 points)

8. Bloomington Central Catholic (12-4, 30 points)

9. Petersburg (18-1, 27 points)

10. Uplift (13-3, 24 points)

Others receiving votes: St. Joseph-Ogden 16, Monticello 7, Byron 7, Tolono Unity 4, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 4, Breese Mater Dei 3, Macomb 1, Reed-Custer 1

Class 1A

1. Springfield Lutheran (12) (17-0, 154 points)

2. Dieterich (3) (20-0, 145 points)

3. Peoria Christian (1) (14-2, 120 points)

4. Dwight (16-3, 89 points)

5. Colfax Ridgeview (17-1, 79 points)

6. East Dubuque (18-1, 51 points)

7. Woodlawn (15-3, 49 points)

8. Ridgewood (13-1, 47 points)

9. Brimfield (14-2, 43 points)

10. Mounds Meridian (15-3, 36 points)

Others receiving votes:Milford 21, Carrollton 10, Okawville 8, Payson Seymour 6, Ottawa Marquette 5, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood 5, West Prairie 4, Oakland 2, St. Anne 2, Christopher 2, Freeport (Aquin) 1, Illini Bluffs 1

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